Roll Call Vote #160 · 104th Congress · Session 2 · Jun 19, 1996, 9:23 AM (ET)
On the Amendment S.Amdt. 4048 to S. 1745 (National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 1997)
Amendment S.Amdt. 4048 (To reduce to the level requested by the President the amount authorized to be appropriated for research, development, test, and evaluation for national missile defense.)
Amendment Rejected (44-53)
44 Yea
53 Nay
How the Parties Voted
Republican 49 senators
3 Yea / 46 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Democrat 45 senators
38 Yea / 4 Nay
3 not voting or present
Majority position: Yea
Independent 1 senator
1 Yea / 0 Nay
Majority position: Yea
Independent Democrat 1 senator
0 Yea / 1 Nay
Majority position: Nay
Crossed Party Lines
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Judd Gregg (Republican–NH) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Mark Hatfield (Republican–OR) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Howell Heflin (Democrat–AL) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Daniel Inouye (Democrat–HI) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Baker Kassebaum (Republican–KS) voted Yea while most of their caucus voted Nay -
Samuel Nunn (Democrat–GA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea -
Arlen Specter (Democrat–PA) voted Nay while most of their caucus voted Yea
Full Roll Call: How Every Senator Voted
Yea 44
- Daniel Akaka (HI)
- Max Baucus (MT)
- Joe Biden, Jr. (DE)
- Jeff Bingaman, Jr. (NM)
- Barbara Boxer (CA)
- John Breaux (LA)
- Richard Bryan (NV)
- Robert Byrd (WV)
- Kent Conrad (ND)
- Thomas Daschle (SD)
- Christopher Dodd (CT)
- Byron Dorgan (ND)
- J. Exon (NE)
- Russell Feingold (WI)
- Dianne Feinstein (CA)
- Wendell Ford (KY)
- John Glenn, Jr. (OH)
- Bob Graham (FL)
- Judd Gregg (NH)
- Tom Harkin (IA)
- Mark Hatfield (OR)
- Fritz Hollings (SC)
- James Jeffords (VT)
- John Johnston, Jr. (LA)
- Baker Kassebaum (KS)
- Ted Kennedy (MA)
- J. Kerrey (NE)
- John Kerry (MA)
- Herbert Kohl (WI)
- Frank Lautenberg (NJ)
- Patrick Leahy (VT)
- Carl Levin (MI)
- Barbara Mikulski (MD)
- Carol Moseley Braun (IL)
- Daniel Moynihan (NY)
- Patty Murray
- Claiborne Pell (RI)
- Harry Reid (NV)
- Charles Robb (VA)
- Jay Rockefeller, IV (WV)
- Paul Sarbanes (MD)
- Paul Simon (IL)
- Paul Wellstone (MN)
- Ron Wyden
Nay 53
- Spencer Abraham (MI)
- John Ashcroft (MO)
- Bob Bennett (UT)
- Kit Bond (MO)
- Hank Brown (CO)
- Conrad Burns (MT)
- Ben Campbell (CO)
- John Chafee (RI)
- Daniel Coats (IN)
- William Cochran (MS)
- William Cohen (ME)
- Paul Coverdell (GA)
- Larry Craig (ID)
- Alfonse D'Amato (NY)
- Michael DeWine (OH)
- Pete Domenici (NM)
- Lauch Faircloth (NC)
- Sheila Frahm (KS)
- William Frist (TN)
- Slade Gorton, III (WA)
- Phil Gramm (TX)
- Rod Grams (MN)
- Chuck Grassley
- Orrin Hatch (UT)
- Howell Heflin (AL)
- Jesse Helms (NC)
- Kay Hutchison (TX)
- James Inhofe (OK)
- Daniel Inouye (HI)
- Dirk Kempthorne (ID)
- Jon Kyl (AZ)
- Joseph Lieberman (CT)
- Chester Lott (MS)
- Richard Lugar (IN)
- Connie Mack, III (FL)
- John McCain, III (AZ)
- Mitch McConnell
- Frank Murkowski (AK)
- Donald Nickles (OK)
- Samuel Nunn (GA)
- Larry Pressler (SD)
- William Roth, Jr. (DE)
- Rick Santorum (PA)
- Richard Shelby (AL)
- Alan Simpson (WY)
- Robert Smith (NH)
- Olympia Snowe (ME)
- Arlen Specter (PA)
- Ted Stevens (AK)
- Craig Thomas (WY)
- Fred Thompson (TN)
- James Thurmond (SC)
- John Warner (VA)
Not Voting 3
- Bill Bradley (NJ)
- Dale Bumpers (AR)
- David Pryor (AR)
Source: Official U.S. Senate roll call vote data (senate.gov ↗).